A pipe is a pipe is a pipe.
FCC to Verizon: Don’t block tethering apps. Verizon settles for $1.25M — Mobile Technology News.
FCC to Verizon: Don’t block tethering apps. Verizon settles for $1.25M — Mobile Technology News.
Verizon customers will soon have the option of downloading Android apps that let them turn their phone into a mobile hotspot –apps that Verizon blocked initially because it didn’t want customers circumventing its $20 a month mobile hot spot fee.
..The FCC also is saying that Verizon cannot charge customers on tiered data plans the $20 a month tethering fee, but it can charge it for those customers who are on an unlimited data plan. However, Verizon will not actually have a way to determine if customers are using one of these apps, so presumably any Android customer can download one of those apps and tether to their heart’s content.
